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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - TUESDAY - JULY 16, 2013 - 1:30 P. M. COUNCIL CHAMBER - SECOND FLOOR - CITY HALL 901 BAGBY - HOUSTON, TEXAS INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Bradford 1:30 P. M. - ROLL CALL ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 2:00 P. M. - PUBLIC SPEAKERS - Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak 5:00 P. M. - RECESS RECONVENE WEDNESDAY - JULY 17, 2013 - 9:00 A. M. DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT HEARING - 9:00 A.M. 1. Hearing relative to the re-adoption of ARTICLE XII CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, regarding Standards of Care for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department Youth Recreation Programs MAYOR’S REPORT CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 2 through 26
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AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING - TUESDAY - JULY 16, 2013 - 1:30 P. M.

COUNCIL CHAMBER - SECOND FLOOR - CITY HALL 901 BAGBY - HOUSTON, TEXAS

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Bradford

1:30 P. M. - ROLL CALL

ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 2:00 P. M. - PUBLIC SPEAKERS - Pursuant to City Council Rule 8, City Council will hear from members of the public; the names and subject matters of persons who had requested to speak at the time of posting of this Agenda are attached; the names and subject matters of persons who subsequently request to speak may be obtained in the City Secretary’s Office NOTE: If a translator is required, please advise when reserving time to speak

5:00 P. M. - RECESS

RECONVENE

WEDNESDAY - JULY 17, 2013 - 9:00 A. M.

DESCRIPTIONS OR CAPTIONS OF AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE READ BY THE

CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT

HEARING - 9:00 A.M.

1. Hearing relative to the re-adoption of ARTICLE XII CHAPTER 32, CODE OF ORDINANCES, HOUSTON, TEXAS, regarding Standards of Care for the Houston Parks and Recreation Department Youth Recreation Programs MAYOR’S REPORT

CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 2 through 26

AGENDA - JULY 17, 2013 - PAGE 2

MISCELLANEOUS - NUMBERS 2 and 3

2. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the appointment of the following individual to the HOUSTON ZOO, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Position Two - KAT GALLAGHER, appointment, for an unexpired term ending 06/30/2014

3. REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of the following individuals to the

GREENSPOINT DISTRICT OF HARRIS COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for terms to expire June 1, 2017:

Position One - KELLY MCNEILL Position Two - D. MICHAEL DOWNS

Position Three - JOHN RIDGWAY Position Four - KAREN MARSHALL Position Five - RAMON (RAY) BEJARANO Position Six - DAVID K. EGBERT Position Seven - CHARLES R. LOPEZ Position Eight - THOMAS R. WUSSOW Position Nine - EDWARD HINTON Position Ten - ADAM RUIZ, JR. Position Eleven - STEPHEN C. HEAD

ACCEPT WORK - NUMBER 4

4. RECOMMENDATION from Director General Services Department for approval of final contract

amount of $1,887,605.00 and acceptance of work on contract with THE GONZALEZ GROUP, L.P. for Lake Houston Park Phase One – 4.93% over the original contract amount and under 5% contingency

PROPERTY - NUMBERS 5 and 6

5. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and

approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Stephen Coates, South Texas Surveying Associates, Inc. on behalf of Naiyana Vora, declining the acceptance of, rejecting, and refusing the dedication of a 10-foot-wide easement, from West Bellfort Avenue to Rufino Road, within Block 9 of the Braeburn Gardens Subdivision, out of the James Alston Survey - Parcel SY13-045 - DISTRICTS J - LASTER and K - GREEN

6. RECOMMENDATION from Director Department of Public Works & Engineering, reviewed and approved by the Joint Referral Committee, on request from Tracy Youngblood, Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc. on behalf of GAR Associates, V, L.P., (Stuart D. Moiles, President) and MGI-GFP Woodlake Holdings, LLC, [(Philip Morgan, Vice President) Managing Member] for the abandonment and sale of a 10-foot-wide water line easement and a 10-foot-wide Fire Hydrant Easement, both located within The Quadrangle of Woodlake Apartments, out of the John D. Taylor League Survey, A-72. Parcels SY13-078A, SY13-078B, SY13-081A and SY13-081B - DISTRICT G - PENNINGTON

PURCHASING AND TABULATION OF BIDS - NUMBERS 7 through 13

7. CALDWELL AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS, LLC, d/b/a CALDWELL COUNTRY CHEVROLET

for Two Heavy-Duty Pickup Trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council, for the Houston Fire Department - $80,460.00 - Grant Funds

AGENDA - JULY 17, 2013 - PAGE 3

8. ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC for Rapid Diagnostic HIV Test Kits for the Department of Health and Human Services - $1,001,601.00 - 3 years, with two one-year options - Grant Funds

9. LUMENATE TECHNOLOGIES, LP for Data Center Consolidation Project through the Texas

Department of Information Resources

10. ORDINANCE appropriating $150,000.00 out of The Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Fund for professional services supporting the Network And Telephony Project

a. VIRTUAL INTELLIGENCE PROVIDERS for professional services supporting the Network And Telephony Project through the Texas Department of Information Resources for Houston Information Technology Services

11. UTILITY ASSOCIATES, INC. for Maintenance for Digital Patroller Camera Systems for the Houston Police Department - $78,750.00 - 1 year - General Funds

12. CEMEX, INC. for Ready Mix Concrete for the Department of Public Works and Engineering -

$1,095,283.00 - Enterprise Funds

13. TURTLE and HUGHES, INC. for Electrical Supplies and Fittings for Various Departments in an amount not to exceed $1,359,022.00 - 3 years, with two one-year options - General, Enterprise and Other Funds

ORDINANCES - NUMBERS 14 through 26

14. ORDINANCE appropriating $310,000.00 out of Homeless And Housing Consolidated Bond Fund; approving and authorizing contract between the City of Houston and COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF HOUSTON/HARRIS COUNTY to provide $310,000.00 from the Homeless and Housing Consolidated Bond Fund to enable the City and Harris County to receive $23 million of federal funds for homeless initiatives

15. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing a loan purchase and sale agreement between the City of Houston and BEAR CREEK WAREHOUSE, LLC for the sale by the City of a note, payable to the City by Magnolia Residential Housing Development I, limited partnership and secured by the Plaza de Magnolia Apartments, located in the vicinity of 7310 Sherman Street, Houston, Texas - Revenue - DISTRICT I - RODRIGUEZ

16. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing the submission of an application to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for grant assistance from the CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION for the Affordable Care Act - Building Epidemiology, Laboratory and Health Information Systems Capacity for Infectious Disease Grant; declaring the City’s eligibility for such grant; authorizing the Director of the Houston Department of Health and Human Services or his designee to act as the City’s representative in the application process, with the authority to approve, accept, reject or alter the grant and expend the grant funds, if awarded, and to apply for and accept all subsequent awards, if any, pertaining to the program - $2,524,396.00 - Grant Funds

17. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing contract between the City and BEE BUSY LEARNING ACADEMY, INC. for Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Social Marketing, Media and Community Mobilization Services: Providing a maximum contract amount $150,000.00 - Grant Funds DISTRICTS B - DAVIS, C - COHEN, D - ADAMS and J – LASTER

18. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for telecommunications and fiber access between the City of Houston and METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY of HARRIS COUNTY

AGENDA - JULY 17, 2013 - PAGE 4

ORDINANCES (cont.)

19. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2012-730 to increase the maximum contract amount

and authorizing first amendment to the agreement between the City of Houston and the LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM to provide Emergency Medical Technician Training Services to the Houston Fire Department - $183,750.00 - General Fund

20. ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2012-0610 (passed June 27, 2012) to increase the maximum contract amount for a contract between the City of Houston and UNICARE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, INC. for janitorial cleaning and associated services for the Houston Airport System - $19,222.81 - Enterprise Fund - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and E – MARTIN

21. ORDINANCE appropriating $718,900.00 out the Airports Improvement Fund and approving and authorizing a professional consulting services agreement between City of Houston and REYNOLDS, SMITH AND HILLS, INC. for Spaceport Launch Site Operator’s License and Environmental Assessment at Ellington Airport (Project No.734) - DISTRICT E - MARTIN

22. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing an Expedited Check Point Clearance Services Concession Agreement between the City of Houston and ALCLEAR, LLC at George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston and William P. Hobby Airport - Revenue DISTRICTS B - DAVIS and I - RODGRIGUEZ

23. ORDINANCE appropriating $1,085,000.00 out of Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund; awarding contract to the GONZALEZ GROUP, LP for Neighborhood Solid Waste Depository; setting a deadline for the proposer’s execution of the contract and delivery of all bonds, insurance, and other required contract documents to the City; holding the proposer in default if it fails to meet the deadlines; providing funding for engineering and materials testing, and contingencies relating to construction of facilities financed by the Solid Waste Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT D - ADAMS

24. ORDINANCE issuing a permit to GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP. to operate, maintain, improve, repair and replace one existing pipeline in certain portions of specified public street rights-of-way and prescribing the conditions and provisions under which the permit is issued - DISTRICTS A - BROWN and F - HOANG

25. ORDINANCE issuing a permit to INEOS PIPELINE INVESTMENT COMPANY to operate, maintain, improve, repair and replace one existing pipeline in certain portions of specified public street rights-of-way and prescribing the conditions and provisions under which the permit is issued - DISTRICTS D – ADAMS, E - MARTIN and I - RODRIGUEZ

26. ORDINANCE issuing a permit to SOUTHCROSS ENERGY GP LLC to operate, maintain, improve, repair and replace two existing pipelines in certain portions of specified public street rights-of-way and prescribing the conditions and provisions under which the permit is issued - DISTRICT A - BROWN

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA

AGENDA - JULY 17, 2013 - PAGE 5

NON CONSENT AGENDA - NUMBERS 27 through 32

MISCELLANEOUS

27. Receive nominations for appointments to Position 4, 6, 7, 8, & 9 of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE (ST. GEORGE PLACE), CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, for the remainder of the designated two year term

28. Receive nominations for Positions 11 and 13 of the HOUSTON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for a two year term that will end March 1, 2015

29. Receive nominations for Positions 18 and 20 of the HOUSTON CENTER FOR LITERACY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for the remainder of the two year term that will end February 2, 2014

30. Receive nominations for Positions 6 and 7 of the LAND ASSEMBLAGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, for terms to expire two years from date of appointment

31. Receive nominations for Positions One through Five for the REBUILD HOUSTON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, for the remainder of the designated two year term

32. Receive nominations for Positions 4 and 5 of WASTEWATER CAPACITY RESERVATION REVIEW BOARD, for the remainder of the designated two year term

MATTERS HELD - NUMBERS 33 through 34 33. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 1 AND 28 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,

HOUSTON, TEXAS, relating to boarding homes (group homes) - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LASTER This was item 6 on Agenda of July 10, 201

34. ORDINANCE approving and authorizing Economic Development Agreement between the City of Houston, Texas and COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION for the development of a Wholesale and Retail General Merchandise Facility and related improvements - TAGGED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BURKS This was item 9 on Agenda of July 10, 2013 MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS - Council Member Adams first

ALL ORDINANCES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND TO BE PASSED ON ONE READING UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 7, CITY CHARTER

AGENDA - JULY 17, 2013 - PAGE 6

NOTE - WHENEVER ANY AGENDA ITEM, WHETHER OR NOT ON THE CONSENT

AGENDA, IS NOT READY FOR COUNCIL ACTION AT THE TIME IT IS REACHED ON THE AGENDA, THAT ITEM SHALL BE PLACED AT THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR ACTION BY COUNCIL WHEN ALL OTHER AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED

CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE UP AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF

THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE POSTED IN THIS AGENDA. ALSO, AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN TAGGED UNDER CITY COUNCIL RULE 4 (HOUSTON CITY

CODE §2-2) OR DELAYED TO ANOTHER DAY MAY BE NEVERTHELESS CONSIDERED LATER AT THE SAME CITY COUNCIL MEETING


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